The Mystery is Solved
The Hulk |
We first noticed action over there when we saw men on the roof of the building pushing large bundles over the edge and having them crash on the ground four stories below. I took a picture of it, but don't know if you can see the bundle half way down. We now think that they were pushing insulation over the edge because it had been sitting on the roof in the rain for so long and now ruined (my imagination again).
After that time, they delivered new "insulation" and started putting it up around the outside of the building. It appears that this material is about six inches thick and is glued to the cement walls. Before this was applied to the outside of the building, they coated the wall with a blue substance. It was interesting to note that the cement building had a very flat surface before the insulation was added. The windows were installed into the openings flush with the outside walls.
They've made progress quickly on this building which I can no longer call the Hulk. In two weeks time, the wall that faces our apartment is almost completely finished.
Building complexes with schools in the middle are very common in St. Petersburg. We often see signs for new apartments that have schools on the property. I probably should have guessed that ours would be the same. That wouldn't have been as much fun as coming up with the history of the Hulk, though.
Over the weekend, I went up to the 21st floor of our building to take a picture of the whole project. I'm very glad that we live on the third floor, but the view is very revealing from up there. It was interesting looking down at all the men working on the roof of the school (in 6 degree wind chill). Usually we look up to the roof from our window. Seeing things from a bird's eye view gives one a different perspective.
A school with two swimming-pools.
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